France-based Store Electronic Systems (SES) has selected Identive’s near field communication (NFC) tags to power electronic shelf labels allowing consumers to access information on product pricing, composition, origin and ...
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mCube, the leading supplier of single-chip MEMS motion sensors and software, today announced availability of the GO2OTM Pedestrian Navigation Engine, offering improved indoor navigation capabilities for motion sensor-equipped mobile ...
Gartner today drastically lowered its forecast for the monetary payments that near field communication technology will provide in coming years, noting the struggles of Google Wallet and Isis mobile wallet services. Through 2017, NFC's ...
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Gift cards, vouchers and alternative payment methods on the increase. UK shoppers did 9.7 per cent less of their shopping with cash in 2012 compared to the previous year. Paying with cash is still the most popular choice for customers ...
Rivendell Bicycle Works is opening a pop-up location in San Francisco's Mission District for next week, June 1-9. The location is near Shotwell and three blocks from the 24th & Mission BART station. "There will be several Rivendell ...
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Fundamental changes in the UK retail industry as customers embrace new technology and new ways to shop are producing major changes in the relative importance of different payment methods. Customers did 10 per cent less of their shopping ...
Tags: Cash Payment, Retail Stores
Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app. That's one of the tools the world's largest retailer plans to use to improve the in-store shopping ...
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The traditional structure by which payments are made in the UK needs to be vastly simplified, with retailers and other merchants dealing directly with customers' banks - not via "merchant acquirers" and other middlemen. The new structure ...
Tags: Payments Loop, Computer Products
Third quarter 2012, Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has submitted the ALTLED® A55 LED light bulb, with a 360° omnidirectional lighting, for Energy Star certification—approved in January 2013. For many consumers and ...
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Yahoo is giving itself a bit of a makeover. Earlier this week it launched two new mobile apps for email and weather; now it's ditching numerous longstanding products, including Deals and SMS Alerts, in an attempt to sharpen its focus, the ...
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I am Femme Fabulous Weekend, presented by Deauville Beach Resort, is scheduled to kick off the world famous Miami Swim Week in Miami Beach, FL. The event will occur on both Friday July 12, 2013 and Saturday July 13, 2013 from 12PM – ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/19/2013 12:03:55 PM Even as the economy improves, 94 percent of Americans indicate they will remain cautious and keep their spending for food, beverage and household ...
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Walmart and Target win out over drugstore chains like Rite-Aid, CVS, and Walgreens, as well as supermarkets, on prices for dozens of common, brand-name and generic over-the-counter drugs, according to our team of Secret Shoppers. They ...
It's not often easy for an older person with little technical experience—or anyone else who's frustrated by current technology—to jump into the world of computing. The Telikin Elite PC ($1,000) wants to help: It's a 20-inch ...
Tags: PC, Tech Novices, Touch Screen
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced plans to enhance the Company's financial flexibility and position. As part of that process, and consistent with its previously stated plans, the Company has drawn $850 million out of its $1.85 billion ...